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Category: Center Spotlights
Kristina Kiik: The Tower Center Launched my Career
My time at the SMU Tower Center was (and still is) one…
Center Spotlight | The Trump Administration in the Asia-Pacific
Tower Center Senior Fellow Diana Newton sat down with us to discuss…
Center Spotlight | Blockchain Isn’t a Fad, It’s the Future
From his Global Exploration course to his newest Blockchain Program Initiative, Tower…
Center Spotlight | A Look Behind Dallas-Fort Worth’s Economic Success
For this month’s Center Spotlight we talked with Tower Center Fellow Cullum…
For this month’s Center Spotlight we talked with Tower Center Fellow Cullum Clark, director of the Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative, about his and the new initiative’s latest work.
Center Spotlight | The U.S.-Russia Relationship under President Trump
For this month’s Center Spotlight we talked to Fellow Stephen Wegren, Professor of…
For this month’s Center Spotlight we talked to Fellow Stephen Wegren, Professor of Political Science & Director of International and Area Studies at SMU. Dr. Wegren, a Russia expert, teaches several political science courses, including one examining the historical relationship between U.S. and Russia. We asked him a few questions about the direction of that relationship under President Trump.
Center Spotlight | Victoria Farrar-Myers
This month’s spotlight is with Tower Scholars Program Director Victoria Farrar-Myers. Victoria…
This month’s spotlight is with Tower Scholars Program Director Victoria Farrar-Myers. Victoria sits on Arlington’s City Council and teaches classes within the Tower Scholars Program on public policy. Her research focuses on the democratic process and the separation of powers. We sat down with her to see what it’s like to wear two hats–one as a policymaker and another as a professor.
Center Spotlight | Jesus Canas
For this month’s spotlight the SMU Tower Center interviewed Fellow Jesus Canas,…
For this month’s spotlight the SMU Tower Center interviewed Fellow Jesus Canas, a senior business economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Canas analyzes regional economic growth, specializing on the border economy. He talked to us about the NAFTA renegotiation and the looming presidential election in Mexico.
Center Spotlight | Michael Lusztig
For this month’s Center Spotlight we interviewed Tower Center Associate Michael Lusztig…
For this month’s Center Spotlight we interviewed Tower Center Associate Michael Lusztig about his latest book, The Culturalist Challenge to Liberal Republicanism. In the book, Lusztig explores the risks multiculturalism poses to liberal democracy through examination of Mexican immigration to the United States and Islamic immigration to Europe. Lusztig is a professor of political science at SMU and received the Colin Powell Fellowship from the Tower Center to finish writing his book in 2017.
Center Spotlight | Matthew Wilson
This month’s Center Spotlight highlights Matthew Wilson, SMU Tower Center senior fellow, associate…
This month’s Center Spotlight highlights Matthew Wilson, SMU Tower Center senior fellow, associate professor of political science, and founding director of the Center for Faith and Learning. We asked him about the changing role of religion in domestic politics and which area of the world he is most fascinated with currently.